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Aurora Raby

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A rich, noble English orphan; left to the care of guardians; a Catholic in religion; and in person

A rose with all its sweetest leaves yet folded.”


Byron: Don Juan, xv. 43.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Auld Brig and New Brig
Auld Hornie
Auld Reekie
Aulic Council
Aunt Sally
Aureola
Auri
Aurora
Aurora Australis
Aurora Borealis (Latin)
Aurora Raby
Aurora Septentrionalis
Ausonia
Auspices
Auster
Austin Friars
Austrian Lip
Aut Cæsar aut nullus [Latin, Either Cæsar or no one]
Authentic Doctor
Auto da Fe. [An act of faith.]
Autolycus